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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1978
Page
11
The piece traces prairie dogs from the old West to modern curiosities as survivalists and locals savor the rodent. It notes their squirrel kinship, size, and historical abundance, then details hunting pressures, chemical control, and urban prairie dog quirks such as a Boulder town thriving beside a supermarket.
Southern Illinois fishing is near average for early June with bass bluegill crappie catfish and white bass caught across many lakes. Rend Lake Lake of Egypt Devils Kitchen Lake Little Grassy Lake and Kinkaid show strong bass and crappie reports while farm ponds offer rapid action with bass bluegill crappie and some catfish.
The Illinois Department of Conservation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tested steel and lead shotgun shells on Canada geese at Union County refuge last winter. No significant performance difference was found. No. 1 and BB steel matched or exceeded lead in geese downed per 100 shells, but hunters generally preferred lead.
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